Lunatic in Europe
Definition of Lunatic
Defined by the Lunacy Act, 1890, s. 341, as ” an idiot or person of unsound mind.” The word is used to denote (1) a person who has attacks of intermittent insanity separated by lucid intervals, or suffers from delusions ; (2) a person who from unsoundness of mind is incapable of managing himself or his affairs, and has been found so by inquisition ; and (3) a person detained in an asylum on account of unsoundness of mind. See the Lunacy Acts, 1890, 1891, 1908, and 1922
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